The Official Trump is Doing Awesome Thread

[Winehole23]

Sure

Russia -- strongest US sanctions against Russia in awhile, no recognition of Crimea, DJT opposes German-Russian pipeline.
Syria -- guns, drones, bombs and advisors. pro-MIC
Iran -- yielding to hardline neo-cons like John Bolton on Iran policy is objectively pro-MIC
Border wall -- make bureaucracy bigger, shady big project contracting, if it ever happens
Climate treaties -- solid point, but that's objectively pro-corporate policy
Trade agreements -- rewarmed globalism

Lot of misses there.

Trump might be a more opportunistic nationalist than a sincere one.

Much of what DJT does is completely consonant with the preogatives of international finance, the military industrial complex, and corporate domination of everyday life.

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Kellyanne Conway Wanted To Criticize Her Husband — But As An Anonymous Source

George Conway admitted he regrets introducing his wife to Donald Trump in this wild Washington Post profile.

Conway complained that her husband’s recent tweets about Trump were “disrespectful” and possibly violated their “marital vows,” but insisted that she was speaking off the record. She asked Terris to be quoted as a “person familiar with their relationship” ― not as herself.

a wild profile revealing how Conway’s job as Trump’s right-hand woman has affected her relationship with George Conway, a former Trump supporter who has become a vocal critic of the president on Twitter.

George Conway said he regretted introducing his wife to Trump,

which he did when he passed on an offer to be on the condominium board of the Trump World Tower in Manhattan.

“Knowing what I know now ... I would have said no, and never mentioned it when I got home,” he told Terris.


https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...gEmail__081618

[spurraider21]

Trump's military parade is now estimated to cost $92 million – $80 million more than earlier estimate

[Winehole23]

a spectacle to glorify the armed forces and the leader of the country.

what could be more American and how can you put a price on that?

[clambake]

maybe he'll get the anwar sadat version.

[Chris]

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Admiral In Charge Of Bin Laden Raid Calls Trump A Failed Leader Who Has Humiliated America


retired Navy Admiral William McRaven, who oversaw that successful raid that took out Osama bin Laden, obliterated Donald Trump for revoking former CIA director John Brenna’s security clearance.
McRaven called Brennan “one of the finest public servants I have ever known” and urged the president to revoke his security clearance too, “so I can add my name to the list of men and women who have spoken up against your presidency.”

https://www.politicususa.com/2018/08...iticus+USA+%29

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Trump's military parade planned for November postponed: Pentagon


https://www.reuters.com/article/us-t...e=domesticNews

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Donald Trump's favorite lie: All my invisible friends think I am doing super-great

there is now an entire media beat dedicated to individual sub-categories of his lies.

Among his more predictable tics:

the famous I have a girlfriend in Canada, but you wouldn't know her routine.

He wants everyone to know that

he just talked to a guy

who talked to a guy who is just so damn supportive of everything Trump is doing but,

um, you wouldn't know him.

The name isn't important, after all.

Or the company.

Or whether or not Donald can only see him after doing three lines of cocaine.
Bloomberg is the latest outlet to chronicle some of Donald's imaginary friends. Each of them is a variation of, well, this.

“I was with one of the greatest companies in the world.

The chief executive officer.

Very short while ago.

And it really affects him,”

Trump said at a July 31 campaign rally in Tampa,

referring to his controversial use of tariffs.

“He said

‘You know what,

this does affect our company.

But, Mr. President, keep going.

You’re doing the right thing.”’Trump didn’t identify his supporter, and the White House won’t say who it is.

I DO TOO HAVE FRIENDS.

THEY ARE SUPER SMART AND

HAVE LOTS OF MONEY AND

THEY THINK I'M A GENIUS.

ONE OF THEM RIDES A UNICYCLE TO WORK EVERY DAY.

I SAID TO HIM,

I SAID WHY DO YOU DO THAT, AND

HE SAID IT'S BECAUSE THE

ECONOMY IS SO STRONG HE ONLY NEEDS ONE WHEEL

NOW, THANKS TO ME.

TRUE STORY.
It's pathetic, obviously. It's a symptom of Trump's impulsiveness and uncontrollable narcissism,

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1788794

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Trump got into a bizarre fight with Vietnam vets over the movie ‘Apocalypse Now’

President Donald Trump got into a bizarre argument last year during a meeting with Vietnam veterans over the classic war movie “Apocalypse Now.”

During the meeting, a dispute broke out over whether Robert Duvall’s character in “Apocalypse Now” used napalm or Agent Orange against Vietcong forces. Apparently,

Trump falsely believed that it was Agent Orange that U.S. forces used against the enemy,

despite the fact that the movie’s single most famous line is Duvall’s character saying, “I love the smell of napalm in the morning.”

“Multiple people — including Vietnam War veterans — chimed in to inform the president that

the Apocalypse Now set piece he was talking about showcased the U.S. military using napalm, not Agent Orange,”

“Trump refused to accept that he was mistaken and

proceeded to say things like, ‘no, I think it’s that stuff from that movie.'”

One veteran who was present at the meeting described it to Suebsaeng as

“really ing weird.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/08/trump-got-bizarre-fight-vietnam-vets-movie-apocalypse-now-report/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaig n=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story%29

Trash's relationship skills, reality testing are as ed up as his brain and so-called Presidency.

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'I Cancelled It!': Trump Tries to Save Face After Pentagon Postpones $92 Million Military Parade

Trump claimed that

he made the decision to "cancel" the parade and

he blamed Washington D.C. city officials for allegedly inflating the cost of the parade.

https://www.alternet.org/i-cancelled...ilitary-parade

all y'all Trash fellators, how's that little orange taste today?

[StinkyWeezleteats]

'I Cancelled It!': Trump Tries to Save Face After Pentagon Postpones $92 Million Military Parade

Trump claimed that

he made the decision to "cancel" the parade and

he blamed Washington D.C. city officials for allegedly inflating the cost of the parade.

https://www.alternet.org/i-cancelled...ilitary-parade

all y'all Trash fellators, how's that little orange taste today?

Lol military parades to stroke that fragile, orange ego of his.

[Trill Clinton]

Will space force have a part in the parade? I'm trying to see some aliens being paraded around like the pope.

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If Trash had any, this would be a KICK IN THE BALLS

Senate Unanimously Passes Resolution: The Press Is Not Enemy Of The People

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/senate-unanimously-passes-resolution-the-press-is-not-enemy-of-the-people?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_c ampaign=Feed%3A+tpm-news+%28TPMNews%29

Now, can Congress pass a resolution, kicking St Ronnie in the balls, that "government is NOT the problem"?

[Spurminator]

Oooooh, a resolution! That's as meaningful as critical tweets! Congress is really sticking it to Dear Leader.

[Fabbs]

Admiral In Charge Of Bin Laden Raid Calls Trump A Failed Leader Who Has Humiliated America


[FONT="]retired Navy Admiral William McRaven, who oversaw that successful raid that took out Osama bin Laden, obliterated Donald Trump for revoking former CIA director John Brenna’s security clearance.[/FONT]
McRaven called Brennan “one of the finest public servants I have ever known” and urged the president to revoke his security clearance too, “so I can add my name to the list of men and women who have spoken up against your presidency.”

https://www.politicususa.com/2018/08...iticus+USA+%29

ISIS: All but silenced under Donny.

ISIS: Freaking huge expansion under Bushron and continued under Barry.

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ISIS: All but silenced under Donny.

ISIS: Freaking huge expansion under Bushron and continued under Barry.

Trash did nothing, economically or militarily, that wasn't a continuation, inherited from Obama.

Trash and his swamp-monster oligarchical kakistocracy has killed a lot great stuff that Obama, and earlier administrations, did, so G F Y

Trash, as with the Repugs in general, has been a net negative, retrogressive for USA and the planet.

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Oooooh, a resolution! That's as meaningful as critical tweets! Congress is really sticking it to Dear Leader.

for the obstructionist, Trash-accomplices, Do-Nothing, Know-Nothing Repugs,

it's a big symbolic TRASH AND YOUR BULL

[Fabbs]

Trash did nothing, economically or militarily, that wasn't a continuation, inherited from Obama.

[Spurminator]

for the obstructionist, Trash-accomplices, Do-Nothing, Know-Nothing Repugs,

it's a big symbolic TRASH AND YOUR BULL

It doesn't DO anything or prevent them from obstructing in Trump's favor.

[spurraider21]

parade cancelled

glad he owned that it was a waste of money. props.

[clambake]

parade cancelled

glad he owned that it was a waste of money. props.

nope, he read my post about anwar sadat.

[leemajors]

Attendees began explaining to the president that the VA had not made enough progress on the [Agent Orange ]issue at all, to which Trump responded by abruptly derailing the meeting and asking the attendees if Agent Orange was “that stuff from that movie.”

He did not initially name the film he was referencing, but it quickly became clear as Trump kept rambling that he was referring to the classic 1979 Francis Ford Coppola epic Apocalypse Now, and specifically the famous helicopter attack scene set to the “Ride of the Valkyries.” [A] Source present at the time tell The Daily Beast that multiple people—including Vietnam War veterans—chimed in to inform the president that the Apocalypse Now set piece he was talking about showcased the U.S. military using napalm, not Agent Orange.

Trump refused to accept that he was mistaken and proceeded to say things like, “no, I think it’s that stuff from that movie.”

https://boingboing.net/2018/08/17/tr...ment-with.html

[Fabbs]

parade cancelled

glad he owned that it was a waste of money. props.